A method and system for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings includes a process for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings whereby data representing healthcare provider quality ratings is obtained from one or more sources, i.e., parties offering and/or presenting healthcare provider quality ratings data. The data representing healthcare provider quality ratings obtained from one or more sources is then aggregated. The aggregated data representing healthcare provider quality ratings obtained from one or more sources is then standardized and/or normalized to provide a standardized and uniform ratings format/system. The normalized aggregated data representing healthcare provider quality ratings obtained from one or more sources is then stored, for access by authorized parties.
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1. A computing system implemented process for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings comprising: A processor; and A memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein processor executable instructions which when executed by the processor perform a process for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings comprising: obtaining healthcare service provider ratings data from two or more different sources of healthcare service provider ratings data, the two or more different sources of healthcare service provider ratings data having different rating systems and being selected from at least one of the group of sources of healthcare service provider ratings data consisting of: a healthcare plan provider, a healthcare insurance provider, a healthcare service provider, a third party rating system, and a healthcare consumer based healthcare service provider rating system; aggregating the healthcare service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data; standardizing the aggregated healthcare service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data by mapping ratings criteria from the two or more ratings systems of the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data to a single ratings system; providing healthcare consumers access to the standardized aggregated healthcare service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data.
2. The computing system for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings of claim 1 , wherein; at least part of the healthcare service provider ratings data is obtained from at least one of the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data by data transfer from the at least one of the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data.
3. The computing system for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings of claim 1 , wherein; at least part of the healthcare service provider ratings data obtained from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data is obtained using screen scraping technology.
4. The computing system for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings of claim 3 , wherein; at least part of the healthcare service provider ratings data obtained from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data is obtained from application output data of at least one application associated with at least one source of healthcare service provider ratings data using screen scraping technology.
5. The computing system for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings of claim 3 , wherein; at least part of the healthcare service provider ratings data obtained from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data is obtained from least one web-site associated with at least one source of healthcare service provider ratings data using screen scraping technology.
6. The computing system for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings of claim 1 , wherein; aggregating the healthcare service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data comprises aggregating the healthcare service provider ratings data in accordance with one or more aggregation parameters.
7. The computing system for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings of claim 1 , wherein; standardizing the aggregated healthcare service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data comprises normalizing the aggregated healthcare service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data.
8. The computing system for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings of claim 7 , wherein; the aggregated healthcare service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data is normalized using one or more weighting factors based on one or more weighting parameters.
9. The computing system for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings of claim 8 , wherein; the one or more weighting parameters include one or more of the following weighting parameters: healthcare consumer feedback and comparison of the healthcare consumer feedback to the healthcare service provider ratings data from the respective source of the healthcare service provider ratings data; regional comparisons and/or considerations associated with the healthcare service provider ratings data; or the amount of healthcare service provider ratings data available about a given healthcare service provider.
10. The computing system for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings of claim 1 , wherein; providing healthcare consumers access to the standardized aggregated healthcare service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data comprises storing the standardized aggregated healthcare service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data in one or more databases and providing the authorized healthcare consumers access to the one or more databases.
11. A computer program product for providing a process for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings comprising: a nontransitory computer readable medium; and computer program code, encoded on the computer readable medium, comprising computer readable instructions for: obtaining healthcare service provider ratings data from two or more different sources of healthcare service provider ratings data, the two or more different sources of healthcare service provider ratings data having different rating systems and being selected from at least one of the group of sources of healthcare service provider ratings data consisting of: a healthcare plan provider, a healthcare insurance provider, a healthcare service provider, a third party rating system, and a healthcare consumer based healthcare service provider rating system; aggregating the healthcare service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data; standardizing the aggregated healthcare service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data by mapping ratings criteria from the two or more ratings systems of the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data to a single ratings system; providing healthcare consumers access to the standardized aggregated healthcare service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data.
12. The computer program product for providing a process for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings of claim 11 , wherein; at least part of the healthcare service provider ratings data obtained from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data is obtained using screen scraping technology.
13. The computer program product for providing a process for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings of claim 12 , wherein; at least part of the healthcare service provider ratings data obtained from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data is obtained from application output data of at least one application associated with at least one source of healthcare service provider ratings data using screen scraping technology.
14. The computer program product for providing a process for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings of claim 12 , wherein; at least part of the healthcare service provider ratings data obtained from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data is obtained from least one web-site associated with at least one source of healthcare service provider ratings data using screen scraping technology.
15. The computer program product for providing a process for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings of claim 11 , wherein; aggregating the healthcare service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data comprises aggregating the healthcare service provider ratings data in accordance with one or more aggregation parameters.
16. The computer program product for providing a process for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings of claim 11 , wherein; standardizing the aggregated healthcare service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data comprises normalizing the aggregated healthcare service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data.
17. The computer program product for providing a process for aggregating and standardizing healthcare quality ratings of claim 16 , wherein; the aggregated healthcare service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data is normalized using one or more weighting factors based on one or more weighting parameters.
18. A computing system implemented process for aggregating and standardizing quality ratings comprising: Obtaining, by a healthcare quality ratings computing system, healthcare service provider ratings data from two or more different sources of healthcare service provider ratings data, the two or more different sources of healthcare service provider ratings data having different rating systems and being selected from at least one of the group of sources of healthcare service provider ratings data consisting of: a healthcare plan provider, a healthcare insurance provider, a healthcare service provider, a third party rating system, and a healthcare consumer based healthcare service provider rating system; aggregating, by the healthcare quality ratings computing system, the service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of service provider ratings data; standardizing, by the healthcare quality ratings computing system, the aggregated service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of service provider ratings data by mapping ratings criteria from the two or more ratings systems of the two or more sources of healthcare service provider ratings data to a single ratings system; providing, by the healthcare quality ratings computing system, consumers access to the standardized aggregated service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of service provider ratings data.
19. The computing system implemented process for aggregating and standardizing quality ratings of claim 18 , wherein; at least part of the service provider ratings data is obtained from at least one of the two or more sources of service provider ratings data by data transfer from the at least one of the two or more sources of service provider ratings data.
20. The computing system implemented process for aggregating and standardizing quality ratings of claim 18 , wherein; at least part of the service provider ratings data obtained from the two or more sources of service provider ratings data is obtained using screen scraping technology.
21. The computing system implemented process for aggregating and standardizing quality ratings of claim 18 , wherein; aggregating the service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of service provider ratings data comprises aggregating the service provider ratings data in accordance with one or more aggregation parameters.
22. The computing system implemented process for aggregating and standardizing quality ratings of claim 18 , wherein; standardizing the aggregated service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of service provider ratings data comprises normalizing the aggregated service provider ratings data from the two or more sources of service provider ratings data.
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